chromary

≈ OrchidText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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Your hue, darker and deeper: down 0.15 in lightness at nine tenths of the chroma, then down 0.30 at three quarters.

Shades · Darker and deeper, twice.

supportPink VioletCH 0114 · #C94CBE
neutralPlumCH 0086 · #8E4585
nightInkCH 0003 · #0B0B0F
paperMilkCH 0570 · #F2F2F2
claim its number≈ OrchidAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Orchid #DA70D6.chromary

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HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.

How It Reads#F282EF set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.

Ink on #F282EF#F282EFSet in Ink on #F282EF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#F282EF on Ink#F282EFSet in #F282EF on Ink, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Damson on #F282EF#F282EFSet in Damson on #F282EF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#F282EF on Damson#F282EFSet in #F282EF on Damson, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #F282EF#F282EFSet in Iron on #F282EF, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#F282EF on Iron#F282EFSet in #F282EF on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Ink on #F282EFThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Ink still stands clearly off #F282EF in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)